Zoom wants to settle for $ 85 million in a lawsuit in the United States. The class action lawsuit was filed because Zoom claimed to encrypt video calls end-to-end when it did not.
In the class action lawsuit against Zoom, users sought compensation for the company lying about providing end-to-end encryption, passing data to Facebook and Google without permission, and security vulnerabilities that allowed people to break into Zoom meetings . Zoom has one proposal filed with the court for settlement.
Opposite Ars Technica, Zoom gives in a declaration don’t allow the company to be wrong by lying about end-to-end encryption. Zoom says only that “the security and privacy of its users remains the highest priority”.
According to prosecutors, Zoom encrypted the video calls, but it was not end-to-end encryption. The keys were generated by Zoom’s servers and not on the user’s device. That is why Zoom cannot speak of end-to-end encryption according to the prosecutors.
If the settlement is accepted, Zoom users in the United States will be able to claim damages. Both paying users and free users can receive compensation. Free users in the US who used Zoom between March 30, 2016 and July 30, 2021 can get up to $15. Paying users can get back 15 percent of the money they spent on Zoom subscriptions during this period.
Since the end of last year, Zoom has offered end-to-end encryption. Initially, only paying customers were given access to end-to-end encryption of conversations. After much criticism, Zoom decided to give both paying and free users of the service access to end-to-end encryption of their video calls.